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News Release
Labor Department awards $81M to provide training, support and housing assistance to seasonal farmworkers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $81 million in grants through the National Farmworker Jobs Program to provide additional employment, training and housing assistance to migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families. Recipients include 63 organizations in 49 states and Puerto Rico.
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers often experience chronic unemployment and underemployment due to the nature of the agriculture industry. The NFJP is designed to help participants retain and stabilize their current jobs, and acquire new skills and better living arrangements to start careers that provide higher wages and stable, year-round employment.
“The hardworking men and women who tend our farms help power the American economy and feed millions of families across the country and around the world,” U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “Farmworkers deserve the opportunity to flourish, and these grants will help provide the firm foundation they need to build a better future for their families.”
The department will award NFJP Employment and Training Grants totaling $75,885,000 to 52 organizations in 49 states and Puerto Rico, with the exception of Alaska. The department is also awarding $5,509,657 in NFJP Housing Assistance Grants to 11 organizations in regions needing farmworker housing services.
The NFJP is part of the administration’s ongoing commitment to raise the standards of living for migrant and seasonal farmers, and adheres to the job-driven training principles presented in 2014 by the Vice President’s Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity report.
For more information on the National Farmworker Jobs Program, visit https://www.doleta.gov/Farmworker/html/NFJP.cf.m.
A list of awarded grantees and locations is available at https://www.doleta.gov/grants/grants_awarded.cfm.
Editor’s note: A list of grant recipients, locations, service areas and award amounts follows this news release.
National Farmworker Jobs Program Employment and Training Grants |
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Organization |
City |
State |
Service area(s) |
Award |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
Alabama |
$767,959 |
Arkansas Human Development Corp. |
Little Rock |
Ark. |
Arkansas |
$1,110,208 |
Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc. |
Tucson |
Ariz. |
Arizona |
$2,068,038 |
California Human Development Corp. |
Santa Rosa |
Calif. |
California |
$3,601,465 |
Proteus, Inc. |
Visalia |
Calif. |
California |
$3,944,141 |
Center for Employment Training |
San Jose |
Calif. |
California |
$7,799,430 |
Employers Training Resource Kern County |
Bakersfield |
Calif. |
California |
$2,203,209 |
Central Valley Opportunity Center, Inc. |
Winton |
Calif. |
California |
$1,831,770 |
Rocky Mountain SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc. |
Denver |
Colo. |
Colorado |
$969,723 |
New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc. |
Hartford |
Conn. |
Connecticut, Rhode Island |
$379,273 |
Florida Department of Education |
Tallahassee |
Fla. |
Florida |
$4,020,549 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
Georgia |
$1,485,859 |
Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. |
Wailuku |
Hawaii |
Hawaii |
$320,484 |
Proteus, Inc. |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
Iowa |
$1,141,031 |
Community Council of Idaho, Inc. |
Caldwell |
Idaho |
Idaho |
$1,042,300 |
Illinois Migrant Council |
Chicago |
Ill. |
Illinois |
$1,393,708 |
Proteus, Inc, |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
Indiana |
$895,577 |
SER Corp. of Kansas |
Wichita |
Kan. |
Kansas |
$1,042,405 |
Kentucky Farmworker Programs Inc. |
Bowling Green |
Ky. |
Kentucky |
$1,174,208 |
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. |
New Caney |
Texas |
Louisiana |
$883,219 |
New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc. |
Springfield |
Mass. |
Massachusetts |
$312,287 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
Maryland, Delaware |
$474,620 |
Eastern Maine Development Corp. |
Bangor |
Maine |
Maine |
$284,214 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
Michigan |
$1,356,926 |
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. |
New Caney |
Texas |
Minnesota |
$1,196,700 |
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc. |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
Missouri |
$956,019 |
Mississippi Delta Council for Farm Workers Opportunities, Inc. |
Clarksdale |
Miss. |
Mississippi |
$1,257,920 |
Rural Employment Opportunities, Inc. |
Helena |
Mont. |
Montana |
$579,189 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
North Carolina |
$2,609,522 |
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. |
New Caney |
Texas |
North Dakota |
$589,107 |
Proteus, Inc. |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
Nebraska |
$1,055,272 |
New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc. |
Manchester |
N.H. |
New Hampshire |
$98,846 |
Pathstone Corp. |
Vineland |
N.J. |
New Jersey |
$675,178 |
HELP-New Mexico, Inc. |
Albuquerque |
N.M. |
New Mexico |
$918,080 |
Oregon Human Development Corp. |
Tigard |
Ore. |
Nevada |
$174,311 |
PathStone Corp. |
Rochester |
N.Y. |
New York |
$1,606,571 |
PathStone Corp. |
Rochester |
N.Y. |
Ohio |
$1,221,776 |
ORO Development Corp. |
Oklahoma City |
Okla. |
Oklahoma |
$1,234,177 |
Oregon Human Development Corp. |
Tigard |
Ore. |
Oregon |
$1,912,247 |
PathStone Corp. |
Harrisburg |
Penn. |
Pennsylvania |
$1,498,136 |
PathStone Corp. |
Rochester |
N.Y. |
Puerto Rico |
$2,965,804 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
South Carolina |
$937,644 |
Black Hills Special Services Cooperative |
Sturgis |
S.D. |
South Dakota |
$601,483 |
Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc. |
Smyrna |
Tenn. |
Tennessee |
$831,470 |
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. |
New Caney |
Texas |
Texas |
$6,471,095 |
Private Industry Council, Inc., dba Futures Through Training |
Ogden |
Utah |
Utah |
$280,460 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
Virginia |
$899,738 |
PathStone Corp. |
Rochester |
N.Y. |
Vermont |
$185,024 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington |
Yakima |
Wash. |
Washington |
$2,996,573 |
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc. |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
Wisconsin |
$1,212,803 |
Telamon Corp. |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
West Virginia |
$190,396 |
Motivation Education and Training, Inc. |
New Caney |
Texas |
Wyoming |
$226,856 |
Total |
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|
$75,885,000 |
National Farmworker Jobs Program Housing Assistance Grants |
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Organization |
State |
Service area(s) |
Award |
Community Resources and Housing Development Corp. |
Colorado |
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Texas |
$709,576 |
Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc. |
Florida |
Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia |
$710,914 |
La Cooperativa Campesina de California |
California |
California |
$800,000 |
Motivation, Education and Training, Inc. |
Texas |
Texas, Louisiana |
$590,266 |
Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing |
Washington |
Washington and Oregon |
$274,770 |
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services |
Ohio |
Ohio |
$250,000 |
Pathstone Corp. |
New York |
New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Puerto Rico |
$952,202 |
PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corp. |
Ariz. |
Arizona |
$445,321 |
Rural Community Assistance Corp. |
California |
Hawaii and California |
$198,380 |
Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc. |
Tennessee |
Tennessee |
$105,000 |
United Migrant Opportunity Services/UMOS, Inc. |
Wisconsin |
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin |
$473,228 |
Total |
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$5,509,657 |